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These claims received wide publicity at the time in part because of a NASA press-release style video presentation and because of Wolfe-Simon's gender, youth and charisma. Experts soon expressed doubts in her claims but Wolfe-Simon delayed sharing samples of CFAJ-1 for a year. In  April 2011, [[Time magazine]] named her to their list of 100 most influential people in the world for 2011.<ref>http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2066367_2066369_2066250,00.html</ref> Wolfe-Simon last posted on her Twitter account as "ironlisa" in May 2011.<ref>https://twitter.com/ironlisa</ref>  

These claims received wide publicity at the time in part because of a NASA press-release style video presentation and because of Wolfe-Simon's gender, youth and charisma. Experts soon expressed doubts in her claims but Wolfe-Simon delayed sharing samples of CFAJ-1 for a year. In  April 2011, [[Time magazine]] named her to their list of 100 most influential people in the world for 2011.<ref>http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2066367_2066369_2066250,00.html</ref> Wolfe-Simon last posted on her Twitter account as "ironlisa" in May 2011.<ref>https://twitter.com/ironlisa</ref>  

In 2011, University of British Columbia microbiologist Rosie Redfield, obtained a sample of GFAJ-1 from Wolfe-Simon's team and attempted to replicate the results. Redfield used more traditional laboratory techniques and failed to reporduce Wolfe-Simon results.

In 2011, University of British Columbia microbiologist Rosie Redfield, obtained a sample of GFAJ-1 from Wolfe-Simon's team and attempted to replicate the results. Redfield used more traditional laboratory techniques and failed to reporduce Wolfe-Simon results.